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Loading a new OS on a RAID 1 system

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by rfmargheim

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I have inherited a rack mounted server that used to have Windows Small Business Server 2003 on it. It has a Dell PERC IDE Raid controller card and two 100GB HDD's in it, they were FDISK'd and formatted. My question is; how do I get another OS loaded on it? When I try to load W2K on it I get a message that no IDE drives were found.

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by mr.wiz

When you see the on the screen something like "Press F8 to load additional drivers", press it and load the raid drivers from Dell. Win2K doesn't have support for RAID built in.

by willcomp

Yes, you will need to load RAID driver when installing W2K (or XP for that matter).

The prompt is Press F6 to install additional drivers.

Post back if you need additional help.

by rfmargheim

Thanks to all of you for your help. It was F6, I did get the RAID driver from Dell, it all went as planned. I now have a functional PC.

by cg it

if it's an IDE RAID controller, you have to create a RAID array. Once you create this RAID array, you reboot and then change the boot order in the BIOS to boot to the RAID array. once you accomplish that, you boot from the Windows CD and press F6 to load drivers required for Windows to detect the RAID array. Without the proper drivers Windows won't see any HDDs in which to install to.

by willcomp

He just wanted to re-install OS on an existing mirrored array.

by cg it

ok I've often run into people who don't get that they have to create the RAID array first

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